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For the Benefit of the Champion. A Catch to be Perform'd at the New Theatre Covent Garden _ for Admission Apply to the D____ ss_ NB. Gratis to those who wear Large Tails.
Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey. [n.d. c.1784.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 354mm (9¾ x 13½"). With small margins. Very slight centre crease.
The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY' [Cecil Wray]. Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turns to North and sings. North (right), also with a stick, sings. Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail', a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch.
BM Satires 6591.
[Ref: 52361] £320.00
Etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey. [n.d. c.1784.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 248 x 354mm (9¾ x 13½"). With small margins. Very slight centre crease.
The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's brush, puts her left hand on Fox's shoulder, pointing to a tomb-stone beside her (left) inscribed, beneath its skull and cross-bones, 'Here lies poor C--C--L--RAY' [Cecil Wray]. Fox, his left hand grasping a crutch-headed stick, turns to North and sings. North (right), also with a stick, sings. Through the wings peers the anxious-looking, spectacled profile of Burke (right). Three framed pictures decorate the wall behind the performers: 'The fox who had lost his Tail', a tail-less fox looking at four others who are discussing the situation. This is flanked by two oval pictures, 'Fox and Crow' (left), the fox looking up longingly at the crow on a branch, and 'Fox and Grapes' (right), a fox on its hind-legs below a vine-branch.
BM Satires 6591.
[Ref: 52361] £320.00
Old Harry looking out for a Warm Birth or a Peep in to the Oven. Vide morning Herald Thursday Oct 18th 1827.
[Paul Pry] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. [b.d. c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Some surface dirt. Trimmed past the plate mark.
Satire on Brougham's coveting of the Mastership of the Rolls (which he was not offered as it was considered too dangerous to give him an irremovable post with a seat in the Commons). Here Brougham is a broom-girl, greedily eyeing the oven of 'Rolls' and expressing how he 'would like to Master this batch'. Brougham's name in old manuscript below title.
BM Satires: 15431.
[Ref: 52764] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esqr Del.
Pub by McLean 26 Haymarket London. [b.d. c.1830.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Some surface dirt. Trimmed past the plate mark.
Satire on Brougham's coveting of the Mastership of the Rolls (which he was not offered as it was considered too dangerous to give him an irremovable post with a seat in the Commons). Here Brougham is a broom-girl, greedily eyeing the oven of 'Rolls' and expressing how he 'would like to Master this batch'. Brougham's name in old manuscript below title.
BM Satires: 15431.
[Ref: 52764] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The M.P. Marching at the Head of his 300 Jontlemen!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Polticial and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.May 1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14). Trimmed past platemark.. Very small tear in right edge.
Satire published in the wake of Catholic Emancipation. An unrecognizable O'Connell marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps—Constantly Set—Beware'. He is followed by a jubilant Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs- one holds a placard reading 'Unconditional Emancipation For Ever'. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman.
BM Satires: 15763.
[Ref: 52758] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Polticial and other Caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d. c.May 1829]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 355mm (9½ x 14). Trimmed past platemark.. Very small tear in right edge.
Satire published in the wake of Catholic Emancipation. An unrecognizable O'Connell marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps—Constantly Set—Beware'. He is followed by a jubilant Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs- one holds a placard reading 'Unconditional Emancipation For Ever'. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman.
BM Satires: 15763.
[Ref: 52758] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dont you remember the 5th of November.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 52770] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub. by T McLean 26 Haymarket Political & other Caricatures pub. Daily.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 280 x 375mm (10¼ x 14¾") very large margins.
One of many satires on the authors of the Catholic Relief Bill, which was announced on February 5 1829, playing on the Catholicism of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators. Here Wellington and Peel are "guys", tied back to back, bestride a broken chair on which they are being carried to bonfire or gibbet. A bloated bishop in a surplice, probably Howley, walks behind, holding the back chair-legs and saying 'No Popery'. Eldon (who led opposition to the Bill) carries the front of the chair, facing an angry Irishman in tattered clothes protesting against the ceremony, whose barrister's wig identifies him as O'Connell. . In the foreground, on the extreme left, is John Bull, behind him the head of Cumberland.
BM Satires:15664 (copy).
[Ref: 52770] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Chinese Set To._ Sketches by Travellers.
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2nd 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket political & other Caricatures daily Pub.
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 360mm (10½ x 14½"), with wide margins. Abrasion in the title line. Some surface dirt.
A street brawl in China, with two Chinese pulling each other's hair and biting each other. Spectators observe with mixed reactions. Etched by William Heath and part of a series which also included scenes in the Scottish Highlands, Germany, Netherlands and Arctic.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52711] £360.00
[Monogram of Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2nd 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket political & other Caricatures daily Pub.
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 360mm (10½ x 14½"), with wide margins. Abrasion in the title line. Some surface dirt.
A street brawl in China, with two Chinese pulling each other's hair and biting each other. Spectators observe with mixed reactions. Etched by William Heath and part of a series which also included scenes in the Scottish Highlands, Germany, Netherlands and Arctic.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52711] £360.00
The Church in Danger, or a very uncommon Parish Dinner The Churchwarden's got a wide mouth And his Grinders are like a Sledge Hammer. Vide old Song.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14½ x 10½") Trimmed within plate mark.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52716] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Tho.s McLean 26 Haymarket. [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand coloured etching. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14½ x 10½") Trimmed within plate mark.
Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider 'the best method of eating the church'.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52716] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Singleton Copley] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.](jpegs/52759.jpg)
[John Singleton Copley] Dressing for the House on the __ March 1829.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2d. 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket -
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 362mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Some surface dirt particularily in the right corner, thread margins.
Satire on Baron Lyndhurst's wavering stance over Catholic Emancipation, and his wife's notorious affair with the Earl of Dudley. Lyndhurst, Chancellor under three successive Prime Ministers, had spoken against Emancipation in 1827 but was speaking in favour of it in 1829. Here it suggested he buy a new coat- 'you know you turnd it only last year & it has been turned before that. so I much doubt if it will bear turning any more [..]' Lyndhurst receives his advice from 'Doodle' (Dudley), who suggests Lyndhurst could afford to buy a new coat as 'her Ladyship earns her own expenses. Doodle pays all her bills and gives her every thing she can wish for'. Lady Lyndhurst was involved in several affairs with the wealthy and powerful.
BM Satires: 15705.
[Ref: 52759] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub March 2d. 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket -
Etching with fine hand colour. 260 x 362mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Some surface dirt particularily in the right corner, thread margins.
Satire on Baron Lyndhurst's wavering stance over Catholic Emancipation, and his wife's notorious affair with the Earl of Dudley. Lyndhurst, Chancellor under three successive Prime Ministers, had spoken against Emancipation in 1827 but was speaking in favour of it in 1829. Here it suggested he buy a new coat- 'you know you turnd it only last year & it has been turned before that. so I much doubt if it will bear turning any more [..]' Lyndhurst receives his advice from 'Doodle' (Dudley), who suggests Lyndhurst could afford to buy a new coat as 'her Ladyship earns her own expenses. Doodle pays all her bills and gives her every thing she can wish for'. Lady Lyndhurst was involved in several affairs with the wealthy and powerful.
BM Satires: 15705.
[Ref: 52759] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Fallen but Charming Creatures.]](jpegs/52504.jpg)
[Fallen but Charming Creatures.]
[after Aleksandr Lebedev.]
[St Petersburg: Pol-Peti, 1862.]
Folio, disbound, 30 numbered lithographic plates, each 430 x 305mm (17 x 12"), as called for. Hinges strained, wear to plates, especially first and last, some staining, a few plates misbound.
An extremely rare set of the first issue of 'Fallen but Charming Creatures', 30 satirical plates after Aleksandr Lebedev (1830-98) with titles written by Vsevolod Krestovsky. The scenes depict 'kamelii' (camellias), urban women who used their sex to gain advancement, in various locations including the opera. All but two have Russian titles in Cyrillic: Plate 1 has a French quote from Victor Hugo's 'Les Chants du Crèpuscule' (Hugo's 'Lady of the Camellias' was the origin of the nickname); Plate 5 has a shopkeeper talking about her assistant like one of her wares. The series with another 30 lithographs, issued separately, then 'An additional album, Another Ten Fallen but Charming Creatures' in 1863.
Colleen Lucey: ''Fallen but Charming Creatures'': The Demimondaine in Russian Literature and Visual Culture of the 1860s. (PDF available for download)
[Ref: 52504] £950.00 view all images for this item
[after Aleksandr Lebedev.]
[St Petersburg: Pol-Peti, 1862.]
Folio, disbound, 30 numbered lithographic plates, each 430 x 305mm (17 x 12"), as called for. Hinges strained, wear to plates, especially first and last, some staining, a few plates misbound.
An extremely rare set of the first issue of 'Fallen but Charming Creatures', 30 satirical plates after Aleksandr Lebedev (1830-98) with titles written by Vsevolod Krestovsky. The scenes depict 'kamelii' (camellias), urban women who used their sex to gain advancement, in various locations including the opera. All but two have Russian titles in Cyrillic: Plate 1 has a French quote from Victor Hugo's 'Les Chants du Crèpuscule' (Hugo's 'Lady of the Camellias' was the origin of the nickname); Plate 5 has a shopkeeper talking about her assistant like one of her wares. The series with another 30 lithographs, issued separately, then 'An additional album, Another Ten Fallen but Charming Creatures' in 1863.
Colleen Lucey: ''Fallen but Charming Creatures'': The Demimondaine in Russian Literature and Visual Culture of the 1860s. (PDF available for download)
[Ref: 52504] £950.00 view all images for this item
His Grace of __ a Specimen of English Nobility. see the last Number, p.22. Designed & Engraved for the London Museum
[London Magazine, August 1771.]
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at sides, mounted in album paper.
A caricature of a young man of fashion at the races. According to the text (not present here), ''See them all the morning nobly emulating to look like the miserable French friseurs, who are continually trotting the streets with their scanty coats...''.
[Ref: 52640] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[London Magazine, August 1771.]
Etching. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate at sides, mounted in album paper.
A caricature of a young man of fashion at the races. According to the text (not present here), ''See them all the morning nobly emulating to look like the miserable French friseurs, who are continually trotting the streets with their scanty coats...''.
[Ref: 52640] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
A Party of Odd Fish.
On stone by R Seymour.
London. Publioshed by William Spooner, 259 Regent S.t Oxford S.t. Printed by Lefevre & Kohle, 52 Newman S.t.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), large margins. Bit messy.
A card party, with clothed fish as players. Under the image is a key naming them, including Major Herring of the Reds, Alderman Cod and Miss Ann Chovy.
[Ref: 52635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
On stone by R Seymour.
London. Publioshed by William Spooner, 259 Regent S.t Oxford S.t. Printed by Lefevre & Kohle, 52 Newman S.t.
Rare lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), large margins. Bit messy.
A card party, with clothed fish as players. Under the image is a key naming them, including Major Herring of the Reds, Alderman Cod and Miss Ann Chovy.
[Ref: 52635] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Prince of Wales] False Liberty Rejected or Fraternizing & Equalizing Principles Discarded. No More Coalitions. No More French Cut Throats.](jpegs/52369.jpg)
[Prince of Wales] False Liberty Rejected or Fraternizing & Equalizing Principles Discarded. No More Coalitions. No More French Cut Throats.
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pubd March 7, 1793 by SW Fores No3 Piccadilly where may be had compleat Sets of Caricatures on the French Revolution & an Every Popular Subjects, an Exhibition and 1s In the Exhibition is a Complete Model of the Guillotine.
Hand-coloured etching. 245 x 405mm (9¾ x 16"). Trimmed, slight creasing.
The Prince of Wales as the Prodigal Son, turning his back on Fox and Sheridan to reconcile with his father, George III. The Prince had ranged himself against the Foxites in an effusively loyal speech on the proclamation against seditious writings (May 1792). He was anxious to serve abroad, and his hopeless financial position made him wish for reconciliation with the King. After the breach in 1792 he did not again meet Fox and his friends till a dinner at Carlton House in Mar. 1797. The Prince of Wales stands (left) turning from, but looking towards, Fox and Sheridan, ragged sans-culottes, who kneel (right) on the farther side of a rail inscribed 'Hitherto shall ye go & No Further'. In the background and on the extreme left is the King. Fox and Sheridan weeping, making imploring gestures towards the Prince. From Fox's coat-pocket projects a letter with a tricolour cockade. From Sheridan's pocket issues a paper.
BM Satires 8311.
[Ref: 52369] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Isaac Cruikshank.]
Pubd March 7, 1793 by SW Fores No3 Piccadilly where may be had compleat Sets of Caricatures on the French Revolution & an Every Popular Subjects, an Exhibition and 1s In the Exhibition is a Complete Model of the Guillotine.
Hand-coloured etching. 245 x 405mm (9¾ x 16"). Trimmed, slight creasing.
The Prince of Wales as the Prodigal Son, turning his back on Fox and Sheridan to reconcile with his father, George III. The Prince had ranged himself against the Foxites in an effusively loyal speech on the proclamation against seditious writings (May 1792). He was anxious to serve abroad, and his hopeless financial position made him wish for reconciliation with the King. After the breach in 1792 he did not again meet Fox and his friends till a dinner at Carlton House in Mar. 1797. The Prince of Wales stands (left) turning from, but looking towards, Fox and Sheridan, ragged sans-culottes, who kneel (right) on the farther side of a rail inscribed 'Hitherto shall ye go & No Further'. In the background and on the extreme left is the King. Fox and Sheridan weeping, making imploring gestures towards the Prince. From Fox's coat-pocket projects a letter with a tricolour cockade. From Sheridan's pocket issues a paper.
BM Satires 8311.
[Ref: 52369] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Give a Dog an ill name, they'll Hang Him.
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.] Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
London Pub May 10 1796 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Etching
Etching; paper watermarked Edmeads 1795. 374 x 251mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate mark.
One of many indications of Pitt's unpopularity. Fox and Sheridan kneel on a rope attached to the neck of a mangy dog with the head of Pitt. The rope, inscribed 'Vox Popula' [sic], runs over a pulley attached to a gibbet, from which Pitt is suspended. The upright of the gibbet is National support, the horizontal 'Excise Office', and a cross-beam forming a triangle with the other two is 'Cross Post'. Pitt's head is much caricatured, his body is almost bare and his tail hairless; to each hind leg is tied a bottle, one: 'Sherry', labelled 'additional Duty', the other: 'Port', labelled 'New Duty'. On the ground (left) a dog with the head of Dundas, a tartan across his shoulders and a kettle inscribed 'not my Dog' tied to his tail, runs off in the direction of a signpost pointing 'To Edinburgh'. Sheridan (left), who is well dressed, says, "A good way to save the Duty". Fox wears a waistcoat with a tattered shirt and breeches, but has a neatly powdered wig. He says: "I suppose he catch'd the Mange from the Dun Dog".
BM Satires 8803.
[Ref: 52364] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.] Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
London Pub May 10 1796 by SW Fores No 50 Piccadilly. Etching
Etching; paper watermarked Edmeads 1795. 374 x 251mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate mark.
One of many indications of Pitt's unpopularity. Fox and Sheridan kneel on a rope attached to the neck of a mangy dog with the head of Pitt. The rope, inscribed 'Vox Popula' [sic], runs over a pulley attached to a gibbet, from which Pitt is suspended. The upright of the gibbet is National support, the horizontal 'Excise Office', and a cross-beam forming a triangle with the other two is 'Cross Post'. Pitt's head is much caricatured, his body is almost bare and his tail hairless; to each hind leg is tied a bottle, one: 'Sherry', labelled 'additional Duty', the other: 'Port', labelled 'New Duty'. On the ground (left) a dog with the head of Dundas, a tartan across his shoulders and a kettle inscribed 'not my Dog' tied to his tail, runs off in the direction of a signpost pointing 'To Edinburgh'. Sheridan (left), who is well dressed, says, "A good way to save the Duty". Fox wears a waistcoat with a tattered shirt and breeches, but has a neatly powdered wig. He says: "I suppose he catch'd the Mange from the Dun Dog".
BM Satires 8803.
[Ref: 52364] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Here's a Health to all Good Lasses.
Published July 6, 1815, by T. Palser, Surrey side Westminster Bridge.
Rare coloured engraving. Sheet 285 x 205mm (11¼ x 8") Trimmed within plate.
An illustration of a famous ballad, showing a one-eyed singer holding mug and pipe.
[Ref: 52670] £320.00
Published July 6, 1815, by T. Palser, Surrey side Westminster Bridge.
Rare coloured engraving. Sheet 285 x 205mm (11¼ x 8") Trimmed within plate.
An illustration of a famous ballad, showing a one-eyed singer holding mug and pipe.
[Ref: 52670] £320.00
The Judgment of Paris. Jun: But to bestow it on that Trapes It mads me. - Min: hang him Jackanapes.
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼") Thread margins.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for another impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 52766] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
H.W. Bunbury fecit et aere incidit 1766.
Pub. accor. to Act by [...] Aug 1st 1771.
Etching, pt 18th century watermark. 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼") Thread margins.
Paris, a peasant holding a crook, with the three hag-like goddesses. He hands his apple to Venus, who has Cupid hiding behind her skirts; Minerva rushes toward them brandishing a bottle; and Juno walks away, wearing a grenadier's uniform, scowling. Paris's dog chases a peacock and owl.
BM Satire 4920; for another impression see ref. 1046.
[Ref: 52766] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Long Headed Election.
Woodward del.
Published by T. Tegg in Cheapside [n.d., c.1806.]
Fine coloured etching. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), with wide margins Top margin with loss.
A crowd of 'Long Heads' listening to politicians on the hustings. 'Long Heads' developed from Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'. According to Gulliver, Sythian women used to bind their children's heads so they would develop up rather than out, but eventually this became an inherited characteristic. The satire here is of people behaving artificially, following social convention rather than nature, like sheep.
BM Satire 10610.
[Ref: 52697] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del.
Published by T. Tegg in Cheapside [n.d., c.1806.]
Fine coloured etching. 255 x 360mm (10 x 14¼"), with wide margins Top margin with loss.
A crowd of 'Long Heads' listening to politicians on the hustings. 'Long Heads' developed from Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'. According to Gulliver, Sythian women used to bind their children's heads so they would develop up rather than out, but eventually this became an inherited characteristic. The satire here is of people behaving artificially, following social convention rather than nature, like sheep.
BM Satire 10610.
[Ref: 52697] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Edward Lord, 2nd Baron Ellenborough] A Cabinet Curiosity.](jpegs/52762.jpg)
[Edward Lord, 2nd Baron Ellenborough] A Cabinet Curiosity.
HB. [John Doyle]
Pub.d by Edw.d Mc.Lean, 14. St. Martins Ct. Leicester Sq.re [n.d. c.1829.]
Fine coloured lithograph 420 x 285mm (16¾ x 11¼"), with very wide margins. Large tear outside image.
Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control, walks in profile to left, holding an eye-glass, his left forefinger in his waistcoat pocket, dandified, his curls resting on his coat-collar.
BM Satires: 15827.
[Ref: 52762] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
HB. [John Doyle]
Pub.d by Edw.d Mc.Lean, 14. St. Martins Ct. Leicester Sq.re [n.d. c.1829.]
Fine coloured lithograph 420 x 285mm (16¾ x 11¼"), with very wide margins. Large tear outside image.
Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control, walks in profile to left, holding an eye-glass, his left forefinger in his waistcoat pocket, dandified, his curls resting on his coat-collar.
BM Satires: 15827.
[Ref: 52762] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches by Seymour. Vol. 4. 10's 6d. Galanty Show!
[Robert Seymour.]
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1836.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, one corner lacking. Some surface dirt.
A one-eyed showman with a magic lantern, projecting a scene of a baker chasing the devil with his peel (his shovel-like tool for getting his bread in and out of the oven) An illustrated titlepage by Robert Seymour (1798-1836), an illustrator best known for his illustrations of the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 52592] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Seymour.]
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1836.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, one corner lacking. Some surface dirt.
A one-eyed showman with a magic lantern, projecting a scene of a baker chasing the devil with his peel (his shovel-like tool for getting his bread in and out of the oven) An illustrated titlepage by Robert Seymour (1798-1836), an illustrator best known for his illustrations of the works of Charles Dickens.
[Ref: 52592] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Miseries of Human Life. "Treading in a beau trap while in the act of gaily advancing your foot, to make a bow to some charming woman of your acquaintance whom you suddenly meet, and to whom you liberally impact a share of the jet d'eau".
Woodward del. Cruikshanks del.
London. Pub. by T.Tegg Feb...[n.d. c.1810.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 345mm. (9½ x 13½"). Faint watermark.
In greeting a young lady, a beau accidently bespatters her with mud.
Not in BM Satires. Krumbhaar: 742. Cohn.
[Ref: 52804] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward del. Cruikshanks del.
London. Pub. by T.Tegg Feb...[n.d. c.1810.]
Fine hand-coloured etching. 240 x 345mm. (9½ x 13½"). Faint watermark.
In greeting a young lady, a beau accidently bespatters her with mud.
Not in BM Satires. Krumbhaar: 742. Cohn.
[Ref: 52804] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Monsieur Le Fouet La Francia.
H.W.Bunbury delin:1772 I.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 6th March 1772. by I.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Small margins. Light foxing. Trimmed to plate mark on bottom.
French coachman holding his whip and taking snuff. Etched by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4753; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 52767] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
H.W.Bunbury delin:1772 I.Bretherton f.
Publish'd as the Act directs 6th March 1772. by I.Bretherton No.134 New Bond Street.
Etching. 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Small margins. Light foxing. Trimmed to plate mark on bottom.
French coachman holding his whip and taking snuff. Etched by Henry Bunbury, an amateur printmaker who subsequently enjoyed a successful career as a designer for printsellers. 'Prints by Bunbury an his imitators were conspicuously 'polite' and appealed, like novels, 'To the Fashionable World and Polite circles'. Of good family, amply endowed with social skills, a beautiful wife and connections in high society, Bunbury's appeal was not solely aesthetic' and his admirers 'recognized his comic talent, his informed enthusiasm for literature, and his ability to draw a momentary pang with something of the sensitivity with which Sterne could write it' (Clayton).
BM Satire 4753; see Timothy Clayton, 'The English Print, 1688-1802', p.245.
[Ref: 52767] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![Sir Charles [Napier] reviewing the Brigade at Barrackpore, May 1849,](jpegs/52705.jpg)
Sir Charles [Napier] reviewing the Brigade at Barrackpore, May 1849,
[after Colonel Sir William F. Butler.]
[T. Black. Asiatic Lith. Press. Calcutta.]
Rare tinted amateur lithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed, losing printer's details at bottom.] Chips in left edge, laid on album paper.
Caricature of Sir Charles Napier (1782-1853), Commander-in-Chief in India, exaggerating his whiskers, on horseback watching the infantry wade through a creek.
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection: 235476.
[Ref: 52705] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[after Colonel Sir William F. Butler.]
[T. Black. Asiatic Lith. Press. Calcutta.]
Rare tinted amateur lithograph. Sheet 325 x 250mm (12¾ x 10"). Trimmed, losing printer's details at bottom.] Chips in left edge, laid on album paper.
Caricature of Sir Charles Napier (1782-1853), Commander-in-Chief in India, exaggerating his whiskers, on horseback watching the infantry wade through a creek.
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection: 235476.
[Ref: 52705] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Narcissus and the Nymph Echo. 341. Ye Fates what made me chance to stroll that way; _Where Young Narcissus self admiring lay.
London: Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard. Publish'd as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression, but c.1782.]
Fine mezzotint with some etching, Collector's mark verso F.R.H. Plate 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins.
The myth of Echo and Narcissus updated for the Georgian period: a young military officer in full regimentals wearing a gorget and fringed sash, with a toupet-wig, lies on the grass admiring his reflection in a pool. His hat and sword lie beside him. A young woman, fashionably dressed, wearing a hat over a large frilled cap, stands behind a low bank holding out her hands in despair.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires: 6157 (cf).
[Ref: 52769] £420.00
London: Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard. Publish'd as the Act directs, [date erased from this impression, but c.1782.]
Fine mezzotint with some etching, Collector's mark verso F.R.H. Plate 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Small margins.
The myth of Echo and Narcissus updated for the Georgian period: a young military officer in full regimentals wearing a gorget and fringed sash, with a toupet-wig, lies on the grass admiring his reflection in a pool. His hat and sword lie beside him. A young woman, fashionably dressed, wearing a hat over a large frilled cap, stands behind a low bank holding out her hands in despair.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. BM Satires: 6157 (cf).
[Ref: 52769] £420.00
John Bull & the Archi_tect Wot Build's the Arches_ &c_ &c_ &c_ &c_ (The Architect Glory consists in the designment and Idea of the work; his ambition should be to make the form triumph over the matter.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub June 5 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket Sold Pub. of P Prys caricatures None are original without Mc Lean's Name.
Fine hand-coloured etching. 260 x 360mm (10¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Satire on the cost of John Nash's reconstruction of Buckingham House (now Palace) with perhaps the only contemporary printed likeness of the architect. Nash stands between the two wings of the house, confronted by John Bull who scrutinises a scroll on which the word 'Commission' is many times repeated. By this time more than double the original estimate had already been spent and an alteration to the wings had cost £50,000 (both issues alluded to in the speech between Nash and John Bull). Nash admitted that he had profited by exchanging his salary for a percentage commission on expenditure (hence the scroll). During 1829 a thousand men were toiling to finish the Palace by the King's birthday (August 12) in 1830, making the publication of this print particularly timely.
BM Satires: 15794.
[Ref: 52761] £420.00
New Ministers Going On Duty. C.J. Fox, Secy. for Foreign Affairs. Thomas, Lord Erskine, Lord Chancellor.
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feby. 14th, 1806 by SW Fores No, 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Image area 236 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Damaged to right corner; inlaid. Trimmed to image.
Fox and Erskine strut along the east pavement of St. James's Street, about to cross the road to the Palace gateway, part of which is on the extreme left. Before them runs a little ragged boy waving his hat and screaming "Clear the way for his M------'s Ministers". Fox, immensely fat, wears old-fashioned court dress, heavily laced, embroidered, and ruffled; he is chapeau-bras, left hand grasping his sword. Behind him walks Erskine, wearing a Chancellor's wig reaching to the knee, and a gown festooned over his arm, but still trailing behind him. Fox puffs, Erskine walks mincingly; both hold papers. From the corner house on the west side of St. James's a man wearing a cocked hat, and seated at a table on which is a coffee-pot, looks quizzically from a window.
BM Satires 10529.
[Ref: 52363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. [Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Feby. 14th, 1806 by SW Fores No, 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Image area 236 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"). Damaged to right corner; inlaid. Trimmed to image.
Fox and Erskine strut along the east pavement of St. James's Street, about to cross the road to the Palace gateway, part of which is on the extreme left. Before them runs a little ragged boy waving his hat and screaming "Clear the way for his M------'s Ministers". Fox, immensely fat, wears old-fashioned court dress, heavily laced, embroidered, and ruffled; he is chapeau-bras, left hand grasping his sword. Behind him walks Erskine, wearing a Chancellor's wig reaching to the knee, and a gown festooned over his arm, but still trailing behind him. Fox puffs, Erskine walks mincingly; both hold papers. From the corner house on the west side of St. James's a man wearing a cocked hat, and seated at a table on which is a coffee-pot, looks quizzically from a window.
BM Satires 10529.
[Ref: 52363] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
No Genius.
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where political and other caricatures are daily Publishing. [n.d., c.1828.]
Fine hand coloured etching. 260 x 370mm. (10¼ x 14¾".) Trimmed to plate at top, margins on 3 sides. Brown stain left margin, does not exceed the platemark.
Two street cleaners discuss the performance of a new recruit, throwing in a humorous side-swipe at the politicians at Westminster (the towers of Westminster Abbey visible in background). By William Heath (1794/5 - 1840), ex-Captain of Dragoons, illustrator of colour-plate books, and prolific caricaturist. From 1827-9 he used the pseudonym Paul Pry (from the name of a character in a comedy of 1825 by John Poole, that became a tag used for any very inquisitive person) with the emblem of a small man holding a walking stick in a lower corner of his plates. This figure was soon copied by other caricaturists (eg Sharpshooter), and so from 1828 Heath began to sign his plates with his full name. He published regularly with Thomas McLean.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52760] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[John William Ponsonby. Lord Duncannon] All That Remains of The Late Woods & Forests or A Man Wot Has Seen Better Days.](jpegs/52763.jpg)
[John William Ponsonby. Lord Duncannon] All That Remains of The Late Woods & Forests or A Man Wot Has Seen Better Days. HB Sketches No.744.
HB [John Doyle.] Printed at 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymaret, Novr. 1842.
Fine coloured lithograph. 405 x 265mm (15¾ x 10½"). Some foxing. Stain top right.
Portrait of Lord Duncannon, wearing a top hat, tailcoat and gloves, standing next to a bollard under a street sign lettered with 'Downing Street', holding a broom. This sketch presents an exceedingly good portrait of the Earl of Besborough, (then Lord Duncannon) who held the office of Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests under the administration of Lord Melbourne.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52763] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
HB [John Doyle.] Printed at 70 St Martins Lane.
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymaret, Novr. 1842.
Fine coloured lithograph. 405 x 265mm (15¾ x 10½"). Some foxing. Stain top right.
Portrait of Lord Duncannon, wearing a top hat, tailcoat and gloves, standing next to a bollard under a street sign lettered with 'Downing Street', holding a broom. This sketch presents an exceedingly good portrait of the Earl of Besborough, (then Lord Duncannon) who held the office of Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests under the administration of Lord Melbourne.
BM Satires: undescribed.
[Ref: 52763] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Plan for General Reform, Respectfully submitted to the attention of Members of Parliament, During the Summer Reccess.
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pub.d August 29, 1809] by Tho.s Tegg, No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'Willmott 1819'. Publication line partially scratched out.
Seven men and a woman arranged in two rows, each with a statement, for example 'I certainly shall drink two bottles less' and 'In Hot Weather what use is there for a coat, it is downright Extravagence'. A satire on attempts to reform Parliament.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 52696] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Woodward Del. Rowlandson Scul.
[London Pub.d August 29, 1809] by Tho.s Tegg, No 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching. 250 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), watermarked 'Willmott 1819'. Publication line partially scratched out.
Seven men and a woman arranged in two rows, each with a statement, for example 'I certainly shall drink two bottles less' and 'In Hot Weather what use is there for a coat, it is downright Extravagence'. A satire on attempts to reform Parliament.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 52696] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Scythe Man's Refreshment.
[after Philip Mercier.]
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. 1790].
Fine mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
A boy sits drinking from from a tankard, resting his scythe on his knee.
[Ref: 52798] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Philip Mercier.]
Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. 1790].
Fine mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Small margins.
A boy sits drinking from from a tankard, resting his scythe on his knee.
[Ref: 52798] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare's Prophecy, the Last Act by One in the Tempest, or the Jack Daws in borrowed Feathers.
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Pub Feby, 19 1795 by SW Ford No 3 Piccadilly who has lately fitted up his Caracature Exhibition on an entire Novel Stile admittance one shilling. NB Folios Lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. 284 x 443mm (11¼ x 17½"). Trimmed. Slight creasing
A satire on the plight of Fox, deserted by most of his party. Thurlow, Fox, and Sheridan as 'Caliban', 'Trinculo', and 'Stephano' in their stolen finery are driven off by ministerial hounds set on by 'Ariel' (Pitt) and 'Prospero' (George III). Thurlow (left) in Chancellor's wig and gown, holding up the mace, the purse of the Great Seal under his arm, runs first. He is worried by a dog, wearing legal wig and bands, who is Loughborough (his successor). Fox follows, wearing royal robes and holding the orb and sceptre, he looks over his left shoulder. Behind him, with a terrified expression, runs Sheridan wearing a long gown. Though not named, he is Stephano, the drunken butler. They are followed by three hounds with the heads of Mansfield, Windham, and Portland. [Mansfield is identified by E. Hawkins as Grenville, Portland as Dundas. The heads suggest the identifications in the text, which are consistent with an apparent intention to make the hounds converts from the Opposition.] Pitt and the King stand outside the door of the 'Treasury', an archway in a stone building. The King (right) as Prospero has a beard and belted robe with a hunting-cap; he holds a wand. Ariel (Pitt) hovers on the King's right, a lean naked figure with small wings and a wisp of drapery.
BM Satires 8618.
[Ref: 52366] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Pub Feby, 19 1795 by SW Ford No 3 Piccadilly who has lately fitted up his Caracature Exhibition on an entire Novel Stile admittance one shilling. NB Folios Lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. 284 x 443mm (11¼ x 17½"). Trimmed. Slight creasing
A satire on the plight of Fox, deserted by most of his party. Thurlow, Fox, and Sheridan as 'Caliban', 'Trinculo', and 'Stephano' in their stolen finery are driven off by ministerial hounds set on by 'Ariel' (Pitt) and 'Prospero' (George III). Thurlow (left) in Chancellor's wig and gown, holding up the mace, the purse of the Great Seal under his arm, runs first. He is worried by a dog, wearing legal wig and bands, who is Loughborough (his successor). Fox follows, wearing royal robes and holding the orb and sceptre, he looks over his left shoulder. Behind him, with a terrified expression, runs Sheridan wearing a long gown. Though not named, he is Stephano, the drunken butler. They are followed by three hounds with the heads of Mansfield, Windham, and Portland. [Mansfield is identified by E. Hawkins as Grenville, Portland as Dundas. The heads suggest the identifications in the text, which are consistent with an apparent intention to make the hounds converts from the Opposition.] Pitt and the King stand outside the door of the 'Treasury', an archway in a stone building. The King (right) as Prospero has a beard and belted robe with a hunting-cap; he holds a wand. Ariel (Pitt) hovers on the King's right, a lean naked figure with small wings and a wisp of drapery.
BM Satires 8618.
[Ref: 52366] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Solicitor General for the French Republic.
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Pub. Febr.y 18. 1793 by SW Fores No.3 Piccadilly.
Fine hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 362 x 272mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight crease centre.
Fox opposed the war with France (12 Feb.) in a speech defending himself against 'the imputation of being the abettor of France . . .', but maintaining that the French decrees and actions were not grounds for war; he accused the Ministry of acting aggressively towards France. Fox, wearing the rags of a sans-culotte under a long legal gown, stands directed to the left, looking down and to the right with an expression of sly meditation. He wears bands and a large legal wig, with tattered stockings on his otherwise bare legs. Across his corpulent figure stretches a tricolour belt inscribed 'Republicanism'. He stands on a floor of black and white squares. An owl looks down upon him from a perch. In his right hand is a scroll, the brief of the Republic.
BM Satires 8305.
[Ref: 52368] £320.00
IC. [Isaac Cruikshank.]
London Pub. Febr.y 18. 1793 by SW Fores No.3 Piccadilly.
Fine hand-coloured etching; paper watermarked. 362 x 272mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight crease centre.
Fox opposed the war with France (12 Feb.) in a speech defending himself against 'the imputation of being the abettor of France . . .', but maintaining that the French decrees and actions were not grounds for war; he accused the Ministry of acting aggressively towards France. Fox, wearing the rags of a sans-culotte under a long legal gown, stands directed to the left, looking down and to the right with an expression of sly meditation. He wears bands and a large legal wig, with tattered stockings on his otherwise bare legs. Across his corpulent figure stretches a tricolour belt inscribed 'Republicanism'. He stands on a floor of black and white squares. An owl looks down upon him from a perch. In his right hand is a scroll, the brief of the Republic.
BM Satires 8305.
[Ref: 52368] £320.00
Doctor Syntax at an Auction.
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published July 1, 1820, at R.Ackermann's. 101 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 155 x 250mm (6¼ x 10"). Folds in bottom edge.
The escapades of the fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax' were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. A book auction.
[Ref: 52816] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Rowlandson.
Published July 1, 1820, at R.Ackermann's. 101 Strand.
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 155 x 250mm (6¼ x 10"). Folds in bottom edge.
The escapades of the fictional 19th century clergyman 'Dr. Syntax' were a satire on William Gilpin’s series of picturesque journeys to different parts of England. A book auction.
[Ref: 52816] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Tears of Sensibility - Sympathy a Poem - Let's all be Unhappy together -ie- The Wig Club in Distrees &c, &c
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd Jun 11th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. 248 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"). Repaired hole in centre of image. Cut.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald (Fox's first cousin), a leader of the United Irishmen, remained in hiding after the arrest of the other members of the 'Directory' on 12 Mar. Lord Clare at least was anxious for his escape, but he remained in or near Dublin continuing preparations for a rising on 23 May. £1,000 reward was therefore offered and he was arrested on 19 May, after a desperate struggle, in which he was wounded, dying of wounds on 4 June. Fitzpatrick, 'Secret Service under Pitt'; Erskine, noted for his egotism, mourns that he shall not defend him in a treason trial. Fox and other members of the Opposition had given evidence at Maidstone on 22 May in favour of Arthur O'Connor. Foxites surround an oblong table, the left end of which is cut off by the margin of the design. Fox only is standing, the central figure on the farther side of the table. All weep copiously, tears splash to the table and stream from it to the ground, where empty bottles float. On the table are decanters of 'French Wine'. Fox, with Erskine on his right, Bedford on his left, gazes mournfully to the right, his hands clasped. Erskine, his hands also clasped; Bedford holds a handkerchief to his eye and looks up at Fox. Sheridan sits at the end of the table (right), on which his elbows rest, gazing up at Fox. On the extreme right Grey (?) stands in the water, stooping to bale it with a bucket. On the nearer side of the table (left) are Norfolk and Tierney. The former turns in profile to the right towards Tierney, both fists clenched; Tierney turns his back on the table on which his left arm rests; he clenches his right fist. From his pocket projects a newspaper: 'Courier Good News from Ir[eland] the Kings Forces defeated in three different Actions'. Behind and between them sits Lauderdale in profile to the right
BM Satires 9227.
[Ref: 52370] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pubd Jun 11th 1798 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening.
Hand-coloured etching. 248 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"). Repaired hole in centre of image. Cut.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald (Fox's first cousin), a leader of the United Irishmen, remained in hiding after the arrest of the other members of the 'Directory' on 12 Mar. Lord Clare at least was anxious for his escape, but he remained in or near Dublin continuing preparations for a rising on 23 May. £1,000 reward was therefore offered and he was arrested on 19 May, after a desperate struggle, in which he was wounded, dying of wounds on 4 June. Fitzpatrick, 'Secret Service under Pitt'; Erskine, noted for his egotism, mourns that he shall not defend him in a treason trial. Fox and other members of the Opposition had given evidence at Maidstone on 22 May in favour of Arthur O'Connor. Foxites surround an oblong table, the left end of which is cut off by the margin of the design. Fox only is standing, the central figure on the farther side of the table. All weep copiously, tears splash to the table and stream from it to the ground, where empty bottles float. On the table are decanters of 'French Wine'. Fox, with Erskine on his right, Bedford on his left, gazes mournfully to the right, his hands clasped. Erskine, his hands also clasped; Bedford holds a handkerchief to his eye and looks up at Fox. Sheridan sits at the end of the table (right), on which his elbows rest, gazing up at Fox. On the extreme right Grey (?) stands in the water, stooping to bale it with a bucket. On the nearer side of the table (left) are Norfolk and Tierney. The former turns in profile to the right towards Tierney, both fists clenched; Tierney turns his back on the table on which his left arm rests; he clenches his right fist. From his pocket projects a newspaper: 'Courier Good News from Ir[eland] the Kings Forces defeated in three different Actions'. Behind and between them sits Lauderdale in profile to the right
BM Satires 9227.
[Ref: 52370] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Thistle Reel.
[London Magazine, 1st March 1777.]
Etching. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
Three government ministers (William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; & John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute) dance around a thistle, watched over by a bagpipe-playing Devil. Lord Mansfield in judge's wig and gown holds the Quebec Bill. An attack on the Government's policies in America (such as The Boston Port Bill and the other Coercive Acts) blaming Bute's Scottish influence.
BM Satires 5285.
[Ref: 52161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[London Magazine, 1st March 1777.]
Etching. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
Three government ministers (William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; & John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute) dance around a thistle, watched over by a bagpipe-playing Devil. Lord Mansfield in judge's wig and gown holds the Quebec Bill. An attack on the Government's policies in America (such as The Boston Port Bill and the other Coercive Acts) blaming Bute's Scottish influence.
BM Satires 5285.
[Ref: 52161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Duke of Wellington] A Draught of the Old Well](jpegs/52757.jpg)
[Duke of Wellington] A Draught of the Old Well _ Ah help, in this extremest need,__If water-gods are deities indeed__vide Dryden. Cheltenham - see the conquering Hero comes!!!
[Paul Pry] Esq. It is a very moving sight.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d., 1828.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 380 x 260mm (14½ x 10"), with large margins.
Caricature produced at the time of Wellington's visit to Cheltenham for his health, after which he returned feeling much better. Very thin, he walks in discomfort holding a bunch of papers docketed Lord High Adm[iral]. His complexion is mud-coloured (as in some other prints of this date) to show his ill-health.
BM Satires: 15548.
[Ref: 52757] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Pry] Esq. It is a very moving sight.
Pub by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other caricatures are daily Pub. [n.d., 1828.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 380 x 260mm (14½ x 10"), with large margins.
Caricature produced at the time of Wellington's visit to Cheltenham for his health, after which he returned feeling much better. Very thin, he walks in discomfort holding a bunch of papers docketed Lord High Adm[iral]. His complexion is mud-coloured (as in some other prints of this date) to show his ill-health.
BM Satires: 15548.
[Ref: 52757] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Cabinet-Maker's Complaint.
A Sharpshooter fec. [John Phillips.]
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street Strand June 16 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 249 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾") Light Brown liquid stain that has created some cockling that can be felt. Small margins.
Illustration of the many rumours of Ministerial changes and Wellington's supposed ruthlessness. He addresses George IV, claiming that 'Bob' (Robert Peel) and 'Chancery Jack' (Lyndhurst) 'are fighting instead of minding their work- The vagabonds von't be easy 'till I bundles 'em out'. On the wall behind him is a small picture of 'Bob & Chancery Jack', visualising the conflict between the two.
BM Satires: 15807.
[Ref: 52751] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Sharpshooter fec. [John Phillips.]
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street Strand June 16 1829.
Fine hand-coloured etching. Plate 249 x 349mm (9¾ x 13¾") Light Brown liquid stain that has created some cockling that can be felt. Small margins.
Illustration of the many rumours of Ministerial changes and Wellington's supposed ruthlessness. He addresses George IV, claiming that 'Bob' (Robert Peel) and 'Chancery Jack' (Lyndhurst) 'are fighting instead of minding their work- The vagabonds von't be easy 'till I bundles 'em out'. On the wall behind him is a small picture of 'Bob & Chancery Jack', visualising the conflict between the two.
BM Satires: 15807.
[Ref: 52751] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)